The 34th Annual National Children & Youth Garden Symposium will take place in Pasadena, California from Monday, July 13 to Thursday, July 16, 2026.

This year’s theme is “The Future of Youth Gardening.” The symposium will include interactive workshops, expert keynotes, engaging garden visits, and networking opportunities. Come for the fun and take back skills, ideas, contacts, and resources to take back to your own community.

Hundreds of educators from across the country will unite to explore how gardens serve as vital educational tools for conveying scientific concepts and preserving landscapes and culture. Leveraging a proven train-the-trainer model, the Symposium will feature interactive learning sessions covering a range of topics suitable for pre-K through 12th grade learning. Personalized visits to the area’s impressive and relevant gardens will offer opportunities to apply new concepts and connect with fellow youth garden educators from communities across the country.

Keynote speakers include Bari Applebaum, founder and executive director of Chicas Verdes, and Dr. James Folsom, American Horticultural Society Board Member and garden director emeritus, The Huntington.

Complete information may be found at www.ahsgardening.org